Earthquake 3 km NE Nicosia (EN), Magnitude ML 3.0, 13 January 2014 time 19:01:14 (Timezone Italy)

A magnitude ML 3.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Nicosia (EN), on

13-01-2014 18:01:14 (UTC)
13-01-2014 19:01:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7720, 14.4220 at 32 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).

Municipality	Region	Distance (km)	Inhabitants	Cumulative Inhabitants
Nicosia	EN	3	13899	13899
Sperlinga	EN	6	805	14704
Cerami	EN	9	2006	16710
Capizzi	ME	10	3176	19886
Gagliano Castelferrato	EN	12	3593	23479
Nissoria	EN	13	3000	26479
Leonforte	EN	15	13439	39918
Agira	EN	16	8345	48263
Troina	EN	16	9373	57636
Assoro	EN	16	5191	62827
Castel di Lucio	ME	16	1294	64121
Mistretta	ME	19	4791	68912
Gangi	PA	19	6811	75723

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to

44 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)

66 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)

68 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)

80 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)

87 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)

90 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)

92 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)

98 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)

Recent and historical seismicity

These maps show the seismic activity in different time intervals, before the seismic event to which they refer. Data reported in the first two maps come from the analysis carried out in real time by the personnel of the INGV Operating Rooms, immediately after each earthquake. The third map shows data from 1985 to the date of the earthquake: the locations are reviewed by the seismological analysts of the INGV Italian Seismic Bulletin (Bollettino Sismico Italiano dell’INGV). The localization parameters (hypocentral coordinates and magnitude) are the best possible estimate with the data available to the INGV, but are constantly updated according to further data that become available. The location and magnitude parameters, subsequently reviewed by seismological analysts, may vary.

Earthquakes of the 3 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 0.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 72 hours preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes of the 90 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 2.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 90 days preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes from 1985 to the date of the event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 3.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, from 1985 to the date of this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes since 1000 AD until 2019

This map shows the epicenters of the historical earthquakes catalogue CPT15 (Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, 2015 version 3.0, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3) since 1000 AD until 2019. The size of the square indicates the different classes of magnitude. For earthquakes with magnitude ≥ 6.0, it is also shown the year of occurrence and the magnitude value. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Seismic hazard

Seismic hazard maps provide probabilistic estimates of the earthquake ground shaking exceeding a given threshold in a given geographic region within a given time window. Thus, it is not a deterministic prediction - a target that may be never reached given the complexity of the earthquake physical phenomenon - nor of the maximum expected earthquake since this has extremely low probabilities to occur.

In 2004, it was published the seismic hazard map of Italy (http://zonesismiche.mi.ingv.it) that provides a picture of the most hazardous geographic regions. The seismic hazard map of Italy (GdL MPS, 2004; rif. Ordinanza PCM del 28 aprile 2006, n. 3519, All. 1b) provides the 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years of the horizontal acceleration at rock sites (i.e., Vs30>800 m/s; cat. A, 3.2.1 of the D.M. 14.09.2005).

The colours indicate the various values of the ground acceleration that have 10% to be exceeded within 50 years. In general, the colours associated to low values of acceleration refer to areas that are less hazardous and stronger earthquakes repeat less frequently although they may still occur.

Seismic hazard map

This map shows the seismic hazard map of Italy for the region where the earthquake occurred.

Shakemap

These three maps show the results of the analysis using the software ShakeMap designed to provide the level of ground shaking experienced in a region using the data recorded by seismometers and strong motion instruments and seismological information regarding the attenuation of the wavefield with distance and the site characteristics. The Shakemaps are determined for research purposes to provide fast estimates of the level of ground shaking produced by the earthquake. The maps are calculated automatically and updated as more data become available. See http://shakemap.ingv.it for additional information. The black star indicates the epicenter. The triangles show the accelerometric and velocimetric stations used in the calculation, colored according to the recorded shaking.

Intensity Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of instrumental intensities. The intensity is derived through an empirical law that correlates the recorded values of actual ground shaking, e.g., acceleration and velocity, with the macroseismic intensity for Italian earthquakes, as reported in the Italian Macroseismic Database (DBMI15, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3).

Peak ground acceleration Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of peak ground acceleration expressed as percent of the acceleration of gravity (i.e., g = 9.81 m/s²).

Peak velocity Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of peak ground velocities expressed in cm/s.

Felt maps

Not available maps for this sismic event.

Locations history

Type	Magnitude	Date and Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (km)	Published time (UTC)	Author	Location ID
Bulletin Rev1000	ML 3.0	2014-01-13 18:01:14	37.7718	14.4225	32	2015-09-21 09:33:08	Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV	6266081
Reviewed Rev100	ML 3.1	2014-01-13 18:01:14	37.776	14.4092	36	2014-10-21 12:08:56	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma	5264971

Preferred location and magnitude until now.

Origin information

Origin

Field	Value
Time (UTC)	2014-01-13 18:01:14 ± 0.09
Latitude	37.7718 ± 0.0054
Longitude	14.4225 ± 0.0080
Depth (km)	32 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin	manual
Evaluation status of Origin	reviewed
Version	1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type	earthquake
Origin ID	6266081

Uncertainty

Field	Value
Preferred uncertainty description	uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	655
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	121
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)	54
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter)	660.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%)	68

Quality

Field	Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)	42
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation	52
Number of defining phases	52
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)	0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)	0.12950
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)	1.42003
Number of stations at which the event was observed	39
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation	39

Magnitudes information

ML:3.0

Field	Value
Value	3.0
Uncertainty	0.3
Num. used stations	1
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	6266081
Agency	INGV
Autore	Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC)	2014-12-16 09:06:41

ML:3.1

Field	Value
Value	3.1
Uncertainty	0.3
Num. used stations	28
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	5264971
Agency	INGV
Autore	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC)	2014-01-13 18:10:02

Picking and Arrival

SCNL	Time	Uncertainty	Polarity	Evaluation_mode	Phase	Azimuth	Distance(km)	Takeoff_angle	Residual	Weight
IV.HMDC.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:43.70	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	160	95.6376	104	0.21	64
IV.AGST.EHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:42.10	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	129	91.0422	105	-0.19	65
IV.IACL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:40.10	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	356	84.6486	106	-0.55	40
IV.HAGA.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:40.40	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	130	84.0492	106	-0.12	67
IV.JOPP.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:39.16	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	54	157.62	54	0.02	77
IV.SOI.EHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:38.45	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	76	146.6421	54	0.68	68
IV.HCRL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:38.60	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	135	76.2681	108	0.08	46
IV.NOV.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:37.20	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	65	68.6757	110	0.6	41
IV.HVZN.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:37.60	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	159	70.6737	110	0.48	42
IV.MPAZ.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:37.71	0.1	positive	manual	P	81	140.1486	54	0.74	68
IV.USI.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:36.79	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	314	150.0387	54	-1.41	36
IV.HPAC.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:35.90	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	155	129.87	54	0.22	80
IV.HLNI.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:34.50	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	140	61.3941	113	-0.29	45
IV.MSRU.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:33.99	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	60	109.5126	54	0.84	69
IV.MUCR.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:32.20	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	53	49.617	118	0.24	70
IV.ATN.BHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:32.37	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	64	100.8213	54	0.31	63
IV.MPG.SHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:32.08	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	295	102.5196	54	-0.2	64
IV.HAVL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:32.68	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	145	109.2129	54	-0.43	79
IV.FAVR.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:31.67	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	230	86.9463	106	1.6	35
IV.HMDC.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:30.64	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	160	95.6376	104	-0.73	74
IV.MPNC.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:30.97	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	63	91.3419	105	0.24	86
IV.GIB.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:30.10	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	305	42.3243	123	-0.17	73
IV.MILZ.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:30.43	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	52	89.8434	105	-0.07	67
IV.ILLI.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:30.16	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	31	87.7455	106	-0.03	68
IV.IVPL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:29.40	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	36	82.8504	107	-0.07	68
IV.AGST.EHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:29.98	0.1	positive	manual	P	129	91.0422	105	-0.7	75
IV.IFIL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:29.31	0.1	negative	manual	P	9	88.8444	105	-1.05	65
IV.CLTA.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:29.73	0.1	negative	manual	P	211	79.2651	107	0.79	73
IV.HAGA.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:29.03	0.1	positive	manual	P	130	84.0492	106	-0.62	79
IV.SOLUN.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:29.75	0.3	positive	manual	P	295	85.5477	106	-0.12	67
IV.AIO.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:28.40	0.3	positive	manual	P	72	74.37	109	0.18	68
IV.MEU.SHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:28.81	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	154	81.6516	107	-0.48	84
IV.IACL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:28.86	0.1	negative	manual	P	356	84.6486	106	-0.87	71
IV.HCRL.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:28.02	0.1	positive	manual	P	135	76.2681	108	-0.48	84
IV.MCSR.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:28.82	0.1	positive	manual	P	65	77.7666	108	0.1	91
IV.HVZN.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:27.35	0.1	negative	manual	P	159	70.6737	110	-0.34	88
IV.NOV.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:27.46	0.1	positive	manual	P	65	68.6757	110	0.07	93
IV.PETRA.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:27.70	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	284	27.8499	135	0.45	68
IV.HBSP.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:27.59	0.1	negative	manual	P	175	71.7726	109	-0.26	89
IV.EPOZ.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:27.89	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	99	68.0763	110	0.58	83
IV.MNO.SHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:27.50	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	53	29.6481	133	-0.1	74
IV.ALJA.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:26.39	0.1	positive	manual	P	268	58.6968	114	0.42	87
IV.HLNI.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:25.86	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	140	61.3941	113	-0.49	86
IV.GALF.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:25.40	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	118	14.3745	154	0.26	74
IV.ESML.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:24.42	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	113	43.623	122	0.52	88
IV.MUCR.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:24.69	0.1	positive	manual	P	53	49.617	118	-0.02	97
IV.RESU.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:23.51	0.1	negative	manual	P	247	34.9428	128	0.7	82
IV.GIB.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:23.36	0.1	positive	manual	P	305	42.3243	123	-0.38	92
IV.MNO.SHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:22.26	0.1	positive	manual	P	53	29.6481	133	0.07	100
IV.PETRA.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:21.62	0.1	positive	manual	P	284	27.8499	135	-0.37	95
IV.CAGR.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:21.60	0.1	negative	manual	P	158	17.9709	148	0.56	90
IV.GALF.HHZ.	2014-01-13T18:01:20.56	0.1	negative	manual	P	118	14.3745	154	-0.21	100

Station Magnitude and Amplitude

SCNL	mag	Generic_amplitude	Period	Type	Category	Unit	Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHE.	ML:3.1	0.00514	0.62	AML	other	m	2014-01-13T18:01:26.25
IV.GALF.HHN.	ML:3.0	0.00421	0.56	AML	other	m	2014-01-13T18:01:26.27

TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor

Not available TDMT solution for this seismic event.

Fault Plane solutions in the area

Fault Plane solutions

The map reports the fault plane solutions for earthquakes in the region from 1977 to the date of this event. Red moment tensors are determined using the Regional Centroid Moment Tensor technique (RCMT, http://www.bo.ingv.it/RCMT) applied for earthquakes with magnitude larger than 4.5 in the Euro-Mediterranenan area. Occasionally, when a station azimuthal coverage exists RCMTs can be obtained also for earthquakes with magnitude down to 4.0. The gray moment tensors are obtained with the Time Domain Moment Tensor method (TDMT, /tdmt). This technique is applied to earthquakes with magnitude ML greater than 3.2, when it is possible. The size of symbols scales with the calculated moment magnitude Mw.

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Type	Description	Link
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QuakeML - full	Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude	Download
Waveforms	Seismic signals in miniseed + resp format	Download

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.0 on date 13-01-2014 and time 19:01:14 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Nicosia (EN)